Yoga and Health

Yoga is an ancient practice and meditation, that brings inner awareness as well as makes one fit and fine. Today, everybody is busy with their daily chores and professional work. We, at times, do not take care of our physical and mental health as well as our food habits, lifestyle etc. This brings chaos to our life, which we recognise very late. This is where, Yoga embraces us with its helping hand.

In this article, we will discuss on some of the major benefits that we acquire due to Yoga.

• It makes our body flexible and frees us from any kind of joint pains.
• It makes our muscles strong and protect us from diseases like Arthritis and back pain.
• Regular meditation and breathing exercise frees us from Stress.
• Meditation helps us in Anger management as well.
• Yoga makes our spine and posture straight and relieves us from back pain.
• Daily Yoga practice makes our intestine strong and frees us from problems of inflammation, gas, digestion etc.
• It helps us in fighting anxiety as well.
• It boosts our immunity.
• It helps in strengthening our relationships, creativity, learning opportunities, health, and material comforts.
• Yoga could help with the accompanying symptoms of obsession, anxiety, and depression in patients.
• It increases our concentration and memory power.
• Yoga practices are very good for improving cardio – vascular problems.
• Yoga based weight-bearing exercise strengthens bones and helps ward off osteoporosis.
• Yoga helps in proper blood flowing or improves Blood circulation, especially in hands and feet.
• Yoga also gets more oxygen to our cells, which functions in a better way.
• By doing Yoga exercises, we increase the drainage of lymph (a viscous fluid rich in immune cells). This helps the lymphatic system fight infection, destroy cancerous cells, and dispose of the toxic waste products of cellular functioning.
• Regular Yoga exercise frees us from problems like Diabetes, Thyroid problems, Blood Pressure and improves our health.

Yoga improves our way to look for the things. We become more positive in our approach towards life.